Skid.



J. H. POSTER.

SKID.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.11, 1908.

1,121,912, Patented D60.22,1Q14.

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JAMIES F055 ER, OI CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNUE T0 T COIMPANY, OFCLEVELAND, 01-110, A CURPDRATIGN OF OHIO.

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Application filed December 11, 1998.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that 1, 5A es H. Fosrnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of (lhio, have invented a certain new and nsefulImprovement in Skids, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to skids, which are employed to facilitate thehandling of heavy objects to raise the same from a lower to a higherlevel and vi e versa, as in the case of loading and unloading wagons,drays, etc.

It has for its objects to provide a skid which shall be of metal, andwhich shall be light, strong, easily assembled and dis assembled topermit shipment in a knockeddown-condition; also to provide an all-metalskid which shall be extremely simple of con struction and cheap ofproduction. I accomplish these objects by the embodiment of my inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinFigure 1 represents a perspective view of a skid constructed inaccordance with my in vention; Fig. 2 represents an elevation of a sheetmetal blank from which one of the side members of the skid is formed;Fig. 3 represents a side member produced by bonding the blankillustrated in the preceding figure; Fi 4 represents an enlargedtransverse sectional view through the skid shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 5 and6 represent respectively an enlarged elevation and an enlargedperspective view of the opposite ends of one of the sides of the skid;and Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of one of the forgings for thehook and pointed support for the skid.

Describing now the various parts by reference characters, 1 representsthe complete skid, the same comprising generally a pair of side members2 connected by bolts 3, each side member being provided at opposite endsthereof with a hook and a pointed support, respectively, which will bedescribed hereinafter in detail.

In constructing my skid, I provide for each side a sheet metal blank 2*,such as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the ends of said blank beingtapered as shown at 2 Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

I then bend the opposite sides of the blank thereby forming flanges 2projecting substantially at right angles f rom the body portion or web 2thereof, and producing from the blank a channel-shaped side member, asshown more particularly in Fig. at, said side member having the oppositeends thereof tapered, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6. The opposite endsof said side member are provided respectively with a hook 4c and a tedsupport 5, formed from the style of ing shown in Fig. 6. This forgingcom- )r'ses a body 6, which is relatively wide and hi at its innerportion and has the oppoite sides thereof inclined to correspond to theinclination of the flanges 2 at the ends of the side member 2 and to fitsnugly there- )GlZWQGll. llhe inner end of the body 6 is rounded. Towardthe outer and narrower portion thereof, body 6 is thickened, as shown at6 to the full depth of flanges 2 and is provided with a bore 6 for thereception of a rivet. Outside of said bore, it

provided with shoulders 6 and 6. Shoulders 6 abut against the ends offlanges 2 and shoulder 6 abuts against the web 2 between said fianges,the projection of said shoulders beyond the body of the forging beingsubstantially equal to the thickness of the metal of which the sidemember is composed.

The style of forging shown in Fig. 7 answers, without furthermanipulation, for the pointed supports for the lower end of the skid. Inapplying such forging to the side member of the skid, the inner portionthereof is fitted between flanges 2 with shoulders 6 and 6 in contactwith the end of said member and the forging is secured in place byrivets 7 which connect the inner portion thereof to web 2 and rivet 8which passes through flanges 2 and the bore 6*. When so secured, thesides and bottom of the support constitute extensions of the taperedflanges 2 and web 2 For the hooks which are applied to the upper end ofthe skid, I employ the same style of forging as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,merely bending he outer end of the forging transversely to the lengththereof, to produce the hook shown in Fig. 5. This hook has the sameinner portion 6, bore 6 and shoulders 6 and 6 as support 5, and issecured to what will be the upper end of side fol member 2 in the samemanner as 5 is applied, to what will be the lower end. The

outer portion, how ever, is provided with the hook 4:, as shown.

The side members 2 are placed with the flanges 2 projecting inwardly andare connected by a suitable number of bolts 3, the number of boltsemployed depending upon the length of the skid. llhree such bolts areshown in the drawing, but more or less may be employed, dependin uponthe length of the slrid. The middle portions of the bolts are boweddownwardly, as will appear more and which is light, strong, andeconomical of production.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A skid comprising a pair of channelshaped side members each havingtapered ends, and forgings applied to said ends, each forging having arelatively thin inner porti on fitted between the flanges at the end ofsaid member and being thickened adjacent to the extreme end of saidmember and pro vided with a vertical bore, a rivet extending throughsaid flanges and the vertical bore each forging, one of said torgingsbeing shaped to form a hook for the upper end oi said member, and theother being shaped form a tapered support for the lower end there at,substantially as specified.

in testimony whereof, I hereunto my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. JAMES H. FOSTER Witnesses 'lrrno. G. F. Barnum, Don A. CLARK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained or five cents each, by ad essingthe Commissioner of LE'atents,

Washington, D. (3.

